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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1956
Page
2
Town forecast calls for Sunday clouds and scattered showers north and south with highs in the 50s to 60s. March totals show 2.74 inches to date with normal 4.48. alarms report multiple fires and numerous traffic violations across Marion and Cedar Rapids areas.
Mrs Otto F Kosek 53 of 2222 Fifth Ave SE died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 5 20 p m Friday after a long illness She was born January 28 1903 in Sauk Center Minnesota and was affiliated with Immaculate Conception church She is survived by her husband two brothers and two sisters Funeral services will be at St Marys Church Long Prairie with burial in St Marys cemetery Friends may call at Barta Hesser chapel and the body will be moved to Stephan funeral home Long Prairie Condolences may be given to Mercy Hospital Cancer Fund.
Dale Millard a longtime Cedar Rapids resident died in Sacramento California after a brief illness while visiting his mother Alice Millard. Survived by his mother one sister and two brothers. Funeral set for 1 30 p m Monday at Beatty Bearle with Rev Frank H Ward. Burial Campbell cemetery seven miles east of Cedar Rapids on Mt Vernon road. Friends may call at the funeral home after 1 p m Sunday.
Funeral services for Stanley H. Star man of 187 Eighteenth Avenue SW Cedar Rapids a 57 year old resident who died Thursday will be conducted at 3 p m Sunday at Janeba Funeral Home by Dr Joseph Havlik of Hus Memorial Presbyterian church Burial will follow at Czech National Cemetery.
Atty. Gen. Dayton Countryman filed his petition for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination at the Secretary of State office in Des Moines. Senator B. B. Hickenlooper had filed the day before, with Duane Orton of Atlantic still unfiled as of mid-morning Saturday. The filing window closes at 4:30 p.m.
Chicago AP reports Betty Mae Janis, 21, says she will drop separation suit and reconcile with husband, 41, after he promised not to lock her up. The couple, married Nov 20 1954 and separated Feb 26, faced a court-ordered courtship with Easter as the deadline. she described newfound freedom during separation.
In Dixon Illinois a couple, Gus and Martha Symeon of Hammond, report eight gunmen blocked their car six miles southwest of Dixon. They took about $1,000 in cash and three diamond rings valued at 6100, then allowed them to proceed toward Cedar Rapids.
Endocardiograph and Neuro-Lino-Meter advertisement notes in the City Briefs. Appollo Commandery No 26 and Patmos Commandery will meet at 2 30 p m Sunday in the Marion Masonic temple for a 52nd annual joint Easter observance. Say Happy Easter with flowers from Piersons Florists dial 49121 free delivery.
Cambridge police traced a frantic report of a stolen car and wife to a single car in a parking lot. The husband, red faced, admitted he had looked in the wrong car and found his wife waiting inside.
Rep. Scott of Pennsylvania, a GOP insider, predicted Nixon will be Eisenhower's running mate again. The former national chairman’s remarks dim hopes of dumping Nixon, coming four and a half months before the Republican convention.
Albert A. Rossey 17 of Bowling Street SW pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property in Anamosa. Judge Floyd Philbrick suspended the sentence up to five years at the reformatory and ordered custody to the Iowa Board of Parole. Rossey, arrested by Cedar Rapids detectives, bought a power saw they knew was stolen and additional hubcaps. The younger offenders who stole the items were turned over to juvenile officers.
Donald E. Webber 41 of Thomasville Conn was charged with drunk driving in a true information filed by County Attorney Willis A Glassgow. Bond set at 500 he was given until 10 am Tuesday to plead. Webber was arrested Friday night after his car left the highway 30 ditch about a mile west of Cedar Rapids.
Two 18 year old Central City youths Eugene Van Alst and Neil Deen pled guilty to removing stop signs along highway 13 in Central City on March 1. Judge Charles Penningroth imposed suspended four month jail terms. Two other Central City boys Robert Fuller and Duane Carpenter pled guilty the previous day and received the same sentence.
Curtis J. McDonough age 19 of 1632 Center Street NE and Dean R. Reiger age 18 of Palo faced car theft charges in Judge Penningroth's court. Reiger pled guilty while McDonough entered an innocent plea. Sentencing set for 10 a.m. Wednesday following Cedar Rapids police arrest Tuesday night after spotting a stolen vehicle.
Donna Mae Rupp, 19, of 105 Fifteenth Street NE, was ordered to plead by 10 a.m. Tuesday to a larceny charge at arraignment in Judge Floyd Philbrick’s court. Cedar Rapids detectives say she stole $29 from a Powder Puff beauty salon cash drawer a week earlier.
A West Branch construction company led by Wayne Paulson and Don Balensiefer filed a 1 948 73 suit Saturday against Robert and Hazel Melsha alleging the Melshas owe for a new dwelling. Judge Floyd Philbrick dismissed an easement suit by Lester and Jeanette Bean against George David filed Friday.
The sheriff's office investigated a Friday theft of a $10 battery from a tractor owned by Marvin Peden on Linn Junction Road. The loss was reported Saturday with authorities looking for suspects and reviewing nearby footage.
The will of James B. Holgate Allen who died March 22 was admitted to probate on Saturday. The document names friend John J. Shea as sole heir and executor without bond. Clifford H. Haynes dismissed a divorce suit against Ardyth M. Haynes on Saturday.
Nearly all officers of the 1100 member Atlanta League of Women Voters resigned in protest against racial integration proposals. The move follows a 42 to 57 vote by the local unit rejecting a plan to continue excluding Negroes, with leaders saying integration would impair the league’s effectiveness.
Three persons were injured, one seriously, in a Friday night rollover about a mile east of Iowa City. J T Cole 23 Jesse Cole 26 both of Omaha and Mrs Lil lian Harrison 43 Toledo Ohio hospitalized with severe cuts and internal injuries. The car driven by J T Cole missed a curve and rolled three times. Three other Omaha passengers escaped injury. The six were traveling from Omaha to Chicago for Easter.
Paul E. Smith of Oskaloosa was denied unemployment benefits after quitting Morehead Construction Company in Cedar Rapids. The Iowa Employment Security Commission ruled he left voluntarily on November 18 without good cause attributable to the firm, citing weather-related work gaps as the reason.
Channel 9 presents a professional variety entertainment program titled Chance of a Lifetime airing Saturday at 9:00 p.m. with top acts and guest performances.
Walter P. Reuther, president of the UAW, urges free nations to resist Khrushchev era efforts to whitewash Stalin and blame him alone. He warns of Soviet discrediting of the late dictator as a clever political move and calls for alertness to avoid accepting Soviet revisionism. He also discusses domestic auto unemployment, seizure of the Daily Worker, and a planned India visit to meet Nehru and trade union leaders.
Treasury agents removed subscription lists and records from the government seized offices of the Communist Daily Worker after a bid dispute. The move, said to be by agreement, included assurances the data would not go to the FBI. The seizure targets income tax liens totaling $435,674, while the paper continues publication from other offices.
Ottumwa Iowa Herschel C Loveless a Democratic gubernatorial hopeful scoffs at the proposed meat checkoff plan at a farmer labor meeting. He says most eat all the meat they can afford and notes possible added sales only if incomes rise. He questions a ten cent per head livestock ad tax.
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